To live? To honest to God really live acoustic music, no amps, no distortion devices, none of that? I will probably beg to differ with every post up and from here on out, and I will not make too many friends in the process. Not mine or any I have ever heard come close to the experience. There is far more joy and sensory pleasure in live performances. And whether it be Janis Ian, Guy Clark, John Hiatt,Nickle Creek,Mark O'Connor,Yo Yo Ma, the Nashville Symphony or any of the other 1000's of talented musicians here, they cannot record what they do live. No system I could ever sit in front of will bring all the nuance of being there live. I live in Nashville and I have it easy when it comes to wanting to hear live music. Live music helps me enjoy my system , and make what I consider good adjustments to my system, but it will never come close to the experience of live. At the moment in my system, though because of what I do it changes constantly, Vandersteen 2 ce's, Perreaux 3150 and SM2, Scott 350b tuner, Pioneer DV-09. Not the latest stuff in the world. but not bad. I just recently had the pleasure of auditioning Kirk930's Utopia,Tube Research system and I would say the same about it, and it is a great system no doubt, but still not the same league as live.
